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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1939

Page

9

Fall Headgear Is Small and Colorful Wool and Felt Styles

Cherish by Claud North Chrisman M D discusses radium as a cancer treatment and traces its discovery with Madame Curie. The piece describes radium mining at Great Bear Lake, Canada, where Eldorado Gold Mines Limited operates a near sub arctic facility producing the rare material. ore processing requires extensive chemicals and transport.

Claud North Chrisman M.D. Press Madame Curie Canada Great Bear Lake Sub- Arctic

No Profit In Radium and Port Hope Plant

The piece notes radium is not profitable on its own and cites a Port Hope plant as a new million dollar site. It mentions uranium and other minerals used in industry, with radium production limited to under four ounces annually and challenges in separating radioactive materials.

Port Hope Marian Mother Dorothy Peggy

Paris Fall Hats Feature Olive Bows and Red Turbans

A report from Paris highlights the season's smartest hats for fall. An olive green felt bow with brown grosgrain trim complements a mink jacket. Suzy debuts a strawberry red wool jersey draped turban with a black grosgrain band attached to the crown.

Suzy Paris

Ribbentrop Plays Cupid to Hitler And Stalin

The article profiles Joachim von Ribbentrop as Hitler’s trusted diplomat and "gloved hand" in forging alliances with Stalin and Molotov. It covers his background from Wesel to Canada, wartime service, marriage, and rise within the Nazi regime as a key facilitator of prewar diplomacy. Tomorrow: Molotov of Russia.

Ribbentrop Cupid Hitler Stalin Russia von Ribbentrop Germany Joachim von Ribbentrop German Reich Wesel Hanover Canada Hussars Franz von Papen Hinden France Molotov

Manly wardrobe hacks and ironing tips rise in use

Observers note a surge in men keeping tabs on dress habits with emphasis on wash slacks. Guidance suggests air drying garments after ironing lightly and adjusting seams. Care steps include ironing inside out until dry and handling the waist separately for best results.

Three Piece Outfit with Tunic and Frog Closure

A 1939 Fairchild design features a three piece ensemble including a tuck in blouse trousers and a belted tunic with frog closing and elastic smocked back. Available in dotted Copenhagen navy or wine colors.

Fairchild Copenhagen

Quick Busy Day Canned Seafoods Make Simple Meals

Canned seafood provides fast meal options for busy days with recipes for salmon patties salmon mounds with peas and scalloped crab meat plus a salmon and cheese with pineapple casserole. Ingredients cover red salmon bread crumbs eggs peas milk butter biscuits and seasonings with baking times from 20 to 40 minutes.

Hat colors set to match foliage this autumn fashions

New York window displays feature wool hats in colors like strawberry red and olive green with styles including berets pill boxes turbans and pillbox shapes. Velvet hats in Chianti red and black ostrich trim appear alongside feather trimmings and decorative veils.

New York Paris

Modes and Manners

Questions about dining etiquette in a restaurant setting with guidance on wiping silverware, requesting a clean fork, handling coffee spills, hostesses commenting on seasoning, telephoning informal tea invitations, and privately extending future invitations.

Relaxation techniques to ease tense days

The piece offers practical tips to reduce nervous tension through simple routines. It advises relaxed bus travel, settling belongings in laps, ten minute rests after work or shopping, light walks, tepid baths with salts, and gentle in-bed exercises to promote sleep and recovery.

Full-Skirted Dinner Gown Tops New York Society Style

Miss Mary Parker is noted in New York society for a full-skirted dinner gown in white braided net with appliqued green ivy leaves and a green velvet bow that complements the green velvet halter.

Mary Parker New York

Beauty Tips For Health Confidence And Poise

A practical guide urges yearly medical checks and dental maintenance every six months. It promotes a balanced diet with vegetables, fruit and milk, eight to ten glasses of water daily, and good posture. It also covers sleep, relaxation, poise, and looking pretty to boost confidence.

Rocket heel stock to slim ankles in fall fashion

Fashion notes spotlight New York stores offering rocket heel stockings with a reinforced tapered arc. The design promises to trim inches from thick ankles while maintaining a graceful silhouette for the season.

New York

Dress Sense For Career Women In The Office

The piece advises career women debutantes to choose simple sportswear as office attire, dressing well as a reflection of background and personal style. It argues against wearing old clothes and suggests the '90s Gibson Girl look as a possible timeless office uniform, stressing top to toe smartness over elaborate outfits.

Embryo New York

Business Girls Dress Well for Office Success

The article urges women entering business to adopt neat, well tailored attire and good grooming. It argues that appearance affects job prospects, notes that both men and women value professional presentation, and stresses that sloppiness can cost employment.

How to Make Iced Tea at Home

Instructions describe making iced tea with six tablespoons of tea per pint of boiling water steeped six minutes. Strain into a twoquart container. Add one and one half cups sugar while hot and the juice of two lemons. Shake or stir well.

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Air Service Eldorado Gold Mines. Limited Judith Wilson Agnes Chianti By Jacqueline Hunt Miss Bunt Jane Herbert Goward Mrs. Gowaerd Marian Mays Martin MES. Martin
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